Fear of Theory:Towards a New Theoretical Justification of Biography.
Recent academic historiography has seen a profusion of theoretical perspectives on biography, both analytical and descriptive. Yet many biographers still fear ‘theory’ as antithetical to accessible narration of real lives. This volume presents eighteen essays by more than a dozen scholars and practi...
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ftunigroningenpu:oai:pure.rug.nl:publications/1c3a7fac-b70f-48bf-a93c-8e7e2da4653d 2024-06-02T08:09:14+00:00 Fear of Theory:Towards a New Theoretical Justification of Biography. Veltman, David Renders, Hans 2021-12-02 https://hdl.handle.net/11370/1c3a7fac-b70f-48bf-a93c-8e7e2da4653d https://research.rug.nl/en/publications/1c3a7fac-b70f-48bf-a93c-8e7e2da4653d https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004498891 eng eng Brill https://research.rug.nl/en/publications/1c3a7fac-b70f-48bf-a93c-8e7e2da4653d urn:ISBN:978-90-04-49854-9 info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess Veltman , D & Renders , H (eds) 2021 , Fear of Theory : Towards a New Theoretical Justification of Biography. Biography Studies , vol. 3 , Brill . https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004498891 book 2021 ftunigroningenpu https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004498891 2024-05-07T21:19:11Z Recent academic historiography has seen a profusion of theoretical perspectives on biography, both analytical and descriptive. Yet many biographers still fear ‘theory’ as antithetical to accessible narration of real lives. This volume presents eighteen essays by more than a dozen scholars and practitioners from Australia, Belgium, Germany, Great Britain, Holland, Hungary, Iceland, and the United States who seek to banish such fear. Writing with candor, wide experience and familiarity with modern teaching, they examine the riches greeting the biographer willing to think more deeply about biography: its inner workings and rationale in a world still hungry for fact and truth. Contributors are: Nigel Hamilton, Sigurður Gylfi Magnússon, Emma McEwin, Melanie Nolan, Kerstin Maria Pahl, Eric Palmen, Hans Renders, Carl Rollyson, David T. Roth, István M. Szijártó, Jeffrey Tyssens, and David Veltman. Book Iceland University of Groningen research database Gylfi ENVELOPE(-19.198,-19.198,64.602,64.602) |
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Recent academic historiography has seen a profusion of theoretical perspectives on biography, both analytical and descriptive. Yet many biographers still fear ‘theory’ as antithetical to accessible narration of real lives. This volume presents eighteen essays by more than a dozen scholars and practitioners from Australia, Belgium, Germany, Great Britain, Holland, Hungary, Iceland, and the United States who seek to banish such fear. Writing with candor, wide experience and familiarity with modern teaching, they examine the riches greeting the biographer willing to think more deeply about biography: its inner workings and rationale in a world still hungry for fact and truth. Contributors are: Nigel Hamilton, Sigurður Gylfi Magnússon, Emma McEwin, Melanie Nolan, Kerstin Maria Pahl, Eric Palmen, Hans Renders, Carl Rollyson, David T. Roth, István M. Szijártó, Jeffrey Tyssens, and David Veltman. |
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